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P‘s 4 . erloo Chrmiqlg, WMWV, November 26, 1976 Published every Wednesday by Fairway Press, a division of Kitchener-Waterloo Record Ltd. 225 Fairway Rd., Kit- chener, Ontario. Address correspondence to Waterloo Square, Waterloo. Ont, Telephone 744-6364. Waterloo council committee has decided to establish a committee to evaluate and upgrade the Waterloo Park zoo. Animal care, sizes and types of cages, educational value of the display, modification and expansion plans and the need of a continuous advisory committee will be evalu- ated. The display, established by the Waterloo Lions Club in 1967 as a centennial project, no doubt has been a controversial issue with public from the beginning. The evaluation is direly needed. The zoo may be functioning as an educational outlet to all ages and provides the opportunity to see live what otherwise would only be seen in books. On the other hand, the freedom of the animals have been sacrificed in order to meet our selfish whims, and as a result they are con- fined to pace in their decadence. Perhaps the situation would not seem as cruel if the animals were allowed to roam in a larger environment similar to their natural environ- ment, such as the Metro Toronto Zoo. Waterloo may not have the funds to spend in expanding the wildlife display, but it boils down to who gets first priority us or the animals? The validity of the display is to be examined by an unbiased group. Its results should prove interesting. Let's hope it will be fair. A tree committee may also be formed in Wa- terloo. The idea may sound foolish to some, but the purpose of the committee is to act as a liaison between the city council and developers. Per- haps there has been no serious problems in the past with trees being chopped down in the prime of their life, but it is better to be cautious and take preventative measures now than to be sorry in the future. Nothing can replace the aesthetic beauty of a tree. The suggestion, made to coun- cil by the Waterloo Downtown Residents As- sociation was a good one. Hopefully, the proper authorities will agree. The phrase "pray now: pay later" appeared in a headline of the Philadel- phia "Inquirer" in report- ing on a church experi- ment due to go into effect shortly. A group of ten US. religions. including some major Lutheran. Episcopal. Methodist and Baptist denominations have decided to try church col- lections by credit card. The experiment, spon- sored by the National Coun- cil of Churches, will en- courage participating church members to authorize credit card transfers of a specified contribution to their church each month, Dear Editor The idea. a Council spokesman says, is that this will provide the local church with regular in- better to the editor Let's he fair to animals In Canada: one year $8: in United States and Foreign countries: one year $10 watenoo . chronicle SUBSCRIPTION RATES ESTABLISHED 1854 come Whether or not the local congregation is In attendance. especially In off seasons, like sum- mer vacation time. The report on the ex- periment says that those joining the program will be "giving unto business what belongs to business a profit." How so? Par- ticipating banks will charge 65 cents a transaction. and the credit card companies will rake off 3 percent of every donation. Obviously someone benefits, but how much spiritual benefit is the modern churchgoer getting? They will use any devious method in order to relieve the people of their money. Mr, WD, Pope John Blvd., Waterloo Ottawa's Foreign Investment Review Agency (FIRM is only the latest in a series of devices which hide the absence of a Canadian industrial policy. With powers to prohibit foreign takeovers. FIRA is fussing about the stable door long after the horse has bolted. Until we determine the goal, how can we decide how to get there? What is needed is a Canadian ownership policy that will turn around the ratio of 60 per cent foreign owner- ship and 40 per cent Canadian ownership to a 60-40 ratio in Canada's favor. Fl RA is a negative response. It creates nothing. The problem is not too much foreign ownership but too little Canadian ownership. Canada, which leads the world in its percentage of foreign-own- ed industry, has also - not unexpectedly - the highest deficit per capita in fully-manufactured goods. Canada's foreign-owned branch plants are too often confined to metal stamping and assembly. Important decisions about capital investments, research and development and exports are made outside Canada - and the quality jobs, as a re- sult, are denied our highly educated young peo- With yesterday's snowfall, it's hard to believe the above photo was taken Monday in Waterloo Park. The weatherman has predicted continuous cold and snow until the weekend. ple. OTTAWA and Small Business Manufacturing jobs are moving south of the By Kgnneth McDonald border. Not only are wage costs lower in the U.S. but manufacturers operating in both coun- tries find a more willing work force there. Jobs in both Canada and the United States also are moving to low-wage countries as multinational corporations juggle theirassets to escape west- ern labour laws and tax rates. Governments take up some of the slack with growing bureaucracies in the capital cities. Too many of Canada's young people are merely kept off the streets in schools which fail to pre- pare them for productive work. Too many of them graduate to UIC, to welfare or to govem- ment jobs. They, too, need the stimulus of op- portunity to participate in the task of restructur- ing Canadian industry. To provide opportunities in all the regions of Canada, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business advocates a 10-year program designed to encourage small and medium-sized, Canadian- owned businesses to grow and prosper. The entre- preneur, who makes everything happen, can only succeed in a climate where the need for profitability is recognized and where initiative and enterprise are rewarded. It won't come easily. Nothing worthwhile ever does. But unless we decide now to develop strong- er domestic firms that can compete in local and international markets, we will become ungovem- able. The strains of continuing inflation and high unemployment will tear the fabric of our society apart.